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Fran Henley, the lead singer of Travis, is also a Staffordian.

The collection of moored open boats lying inside the jetty, and a few other small craft, make a strong contrast with the crowded waters inside an obviously busy harbour in the previous

Here we have an unusual sight: the stern line leading aft of the brigantine, moored alongside the quay to the far side of the harbour, is stretching across open water, a potential hazard, particularly

Before the birth of theme parks, a day out in the late 1950s (when comparatively few people owned a car) was by Midland Red bus to Groby Pool, Swithland Woods and Bradgate Park, with the

This was given by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), who donated part of his American fortune to building libraries in the United Kingdom in memory of what he had learnt in his Scottish youth

This photograph and 72302 (left) show the bustling main street of Stamford at a time when people could still safely share the road with the traffic of the day.

The decaying Moot Hall of 1769 dominates this view of the market square. It was later restored and now houses the Daventry Museum, the town mayor's parlour and the tourist information centre.

Because the curtain walls were so high, there were large areas of dead ground around the fortress that the defenders were unable to fire to into with any accuracy.

This picture is remarkable for the diversity of personal transport it depicts. St Peter's Street is still as broad today as then, but it would be a brave cyclist who rode down its centre now.

Frith's photographer has chosen the best bit of Bagshot to photograph: he is looking south-west along the High Street from its junction with Bridge Road towards the Square.

Slightly superior to many factory houses, with their small gardens, the terrace on the right has a dated stone on the second house: `Built in the year of AD 1897 Victoria`s Reign`.

A close inspection of the shops to either side of the Market Hall reveals their late medieval origins.

Part of this classical building was the home of Dr Hoffmeister, surgeon to Queen Victoria. The circular ornate railings on the Parade (foreground) were later removed.

We are looking eastwards from the blocked mouth of the River Char, which ends its journey to the sea by having to break through a ridge of shingle (right).

This Norman stronghold was built on a natural mound as an earth and timber castle in the 12th century. The massive stone keep dates from a century later.

An evocative view of the town, showing remarkably little traffic or parked cars.

The huge tower of Skelton parish church dominates the skyline in the Skelton

It was a ford which fixed the site of Belfast, but not long after the town was begun, a bridge crossed the river.

Sefton Park has always had much to delight its visitors, and when the Palm House opened in 1896 thousands came to see it, along with the other glories of the Park.

As oil tankers got bigger and bigger in the early 1950s, some of them were difficult to handle on the Manchester Ship Canal.

The stained glass in the south window has several Netherlands roundels of the 16th century and later. Brasses commemorate the great clothier Thomas Horton and his wife.

Our photographer was a busy man, and obviously spent a week or more travelling the area to capture the village scenes that we see here in our book, some eighty years on.

This was a former royal manor granted by Henry I to his cousin Richard de Redvers in 1100, who raised the first castle on the site, building a motte 27ft high.

This is the High Wall of the harbour, with Higher Walk on top and Lower Walk below, with the Gin Shop alcove and steps (left).